Katsiaryna Buraya (center), a 23-year-old TV presenter from Minsk, Belarus, was crowned Miss Supranational 2012 in Warsaw, Poland on September 14th. Her court includes (L-R): 4th runner-up Sulay Castillo (Ecuador), 2nd runner-up Michaela Dihlova (Czech Republic), 1st runner-up Nanthawan Wannachutha (Thailand), and 3rd runner-up Elaine Moll (Philippines). Over 50 contestants competed in this year's pageant. Completing the top 20 semi-finalists were the representatives from Panama, Denmark, South Africa, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, England, France, Honduras, Iceland, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Suriname.
A local beauty pageant is attracting ample mockery on social media after a trans-identified male was crowned the winner of the competition and awarded a scholarship intended for young women. Brían Nguyen , 19, was awarded the crown in the Miss Greater Derry pageant, held on November 8 in the Greater Derry area of New Hampshire. The competition is a locally-run event under the national Miss America series of pageants. In addition to winning the crown, Nguyen will receive the Miss Greater Derry Scholarship , a financial award established to support young women. Nguyen, who is male, is a freshman at Nashua Community College majoring in Business Management. After his win, Nguyen wrote on Facebook : “ I am ecstatic to be the FIRST transgender woman to be a Miss America local titleholder, and I hope to make everyone proud and become the first to walk the Miss America stage. I am Brían Nguyen, your Miss Greater Derry 2023 .” Nguyen had previously announced on Instagram that he has intention
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